Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake

Our Rosh Hashanah honey cake is sweet and moist with a touch of whiskey for incredible depth of flavor. This is the perfect ending to your holiday meal.

The Backstory: Sponge cake usually surpasses honey cake in popularity as though honey cake was a second-rate cake. Wrong! When this sweet cake is prepared with a mixture of different seasonings it can surpass its rival, sponge cake. Don’t get me wrong, I like sponge cake, but I have also started to rethink why I may have placed honey cake in second place. Perhaps the cakes I tasted were too dry, or there wasn’t the right blend of spices. More of the Backstory after the recipe…

Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake

Dark and rich in color, this cake is a tasty blend of delicious seasonings and flavors. The sweetness of the honey combines beautifully with the whiskey, coffee and the tartness of the orange juice.

Course
Desserts

Cuisine
Jewish

Prep Time15minutes

Cook Time1hour

Total Time1hour35minutes

Servings8servings

Ingredients

3 1/2cupsunbleached all purpose flour

1tbsp.baking powder

1tsp.baking soda

1/2tsp. Kosher salt

4tsp.ground cinnamon

1tsp.ground cloves

1/2tsp.ground nutmeg

1cupcanola oil

1cuphoney

1 1/2cupswhite sugar

1/2cupbrown sugar

3eggs

1tsp.pure vanilla extract

1cupstrong brewed coffeeregular or decaf

1/2cuporange juice

1/4cupwhiskey

cooking spray

Instructions

Place an oven shelf in an upper position in oven. Preheat oven to 350 degree. Spray a 10 inch fluted tube pan or Bundt pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg until thoroughly combined. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the canola oil, honey, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee, orange juice, and whiskey. With and electric mixer, beat the flour into the honey mixture just until the batter is thoroughly incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out with moist crumbs. About 1 hour. Cool for 20 minutes in the pan before turning the cake out onto a serving platter.

…The Backstory continues: Today’s bakers seem to have more flavor combinations to choose from and honey cake is always a must have for Rosh Hashanah as it represents the promise of a sweet year. But once you taste this recipe, you’ll agree that there shouldn’t be a designated time to serve this cake. It should be enjoyed all year. Serve with berries, fresh whipped cream or any topping of your choice, and you’ll see why this can be a go-to cake for any occasion.

Credit must be given (once again) to my cousin, Rhonda, for this delicious recipe. Thank you!